It’s disappointing that the interface hasn’t had the same type of performance boost as the malware engine. McAfee Internet Security 2019 review: Drawbacks That sticks in the throat, especially since there are plenty of unlimited free systems out there. There’s also a cross-platform password manager plugin that works with most major desktop and mobile browsers, but if you want it to store more than 15 passwords you’ll need to cough up £20 a year. Last year, AV-Comparatives ranked McAfee Internet Security as “mediocre” for launching apps, and merely “fast” for web browsing in the latest test, those ratings have been upgraded to “fast” and “very fast” respectively.ĪV-Test confirmed that, of all the suites in its most recent report, McAfee had one of the lowest impacts on web browsing speed, and across all tests, it ended up with a fast performance score of 92%. The good news doesn’t stop there, as performance has been enhanced, too. READ NEXT: Symantec Norton Security Deluxe 2018 review McAfee Internet Security 2019 review: Features and performance This isn’t a case of an excessively strict engine catching all types of malware through sheer trigger-happiness, either: with an overall false-positive rate of 0.4%, McAfee confidently outshone the likes of F-Secure, Norton and Trend Micro. So remarkable is McAfee’s rise that we’d be tempted to put it down to a statistical blip, but the results were confirmed across several months by two independent testing labs, with both AV-Comparatives and AV-Test reporting 100% protection rates against threats both old and new. Believe it or not, in just a year, it’s rocketed from the bottom of the malware-detection league to the top. Around 18 months ago, McAfee was officially spun off into an independent company by former owner Intel – and the change appears to have had a salutary effect on the company. This time around, though, things are different. McAfee Total Protection review: Perfect if you're on a shoestring budget
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